The cuckoo is 37.5 cm (15 in) long, longer tailed than pied cuckoo, and with a more heavily streaked throat. There are two colour morphs. The light morph is black above, faintly glossed bluish or greenish. The throat streaking may extend on to the sides. The primaries and rectrix tips are white. The dark morph is black except for the white primary patch and white spots on the outer tail feathers (these are absent in dark pied cuckoo. The juvenile Levaillant's cuckoo is brown above, rufous on the wing-coverts and rectrix tips, with a buff forehead, face and underparts, and the throat more streaked. The call is a low ringing kuwu-weer, kuwu-weer... and an excited ku-wi-wi-wi.
Behaviour
Clamator levaillantii in a spawn of Turdoide plebejus - MHNT
Levaillant's cuckoo is a brood parasite and the female lays her eggs in the nest of another species of bird, typically the southern pied babbler (Turdoides bicolor), the bare-cheeked babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys), the Hartlaub's babbler (Turdoides hartlaubii) or the arrow-marked babbler (Turdoides jardineii). Both the male and female cuckoo fly around acrobatically to distract the host birds. The male continues the distraction while the female lays the egg. Unlike many other species of cuckoo, the newly-hatched cuckoo chick does not push the other eggs and nestlings out of the nest. It leaves the nest after about ten days and becomes independent in four to six weeks.[3]
References
^BirdLife International (2016). "Clamator levaillantii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683808A93002559. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683808A93002559.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 205.
Zimmerman, Dale (1999). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN9780691010229.
External links
Levaillant's cuckoo - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
March 11, 2023
levaillant, cuckoo, clamator, levaillantii, cuckoo, which, resident, breeding, species, africa, south, sahara, found, bushy, habitats, brood, parasite, using, nests, bulbuls, babblers, named, honour, french, explorer, collector, ornithologist, françois, vailla. Levaillant s cuckoo Clamator levaillantii is a cuckoo which is a resident breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara It is found in bushy habitats It is a brood parasite using the nests of bulbuls and babblers It was named in honour of the French explorer collector and ornithologist Francois Le Vaillant 2 Levaillant s cuckooConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AvesOrder CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeGenus ClamatorSpecies C levaillantiiBinomial nameClamator levaillantii Swainson 1829 Contents 1 Description 2 Behaviour 3 References 4 External linksDescription Edit View of upperparts The cuckoo is 37 5 cm 15 in long longer tailed than pied cuckoo and with a more heavily streaked throat There are two colour morphs The light morph is black above faintly glossed bluish or greenish The throat streaking may extend on to the sides The primaries and rectrix tips are white The dark morph is black except for the white primary patch and white spots on the outer tail feathers these are absent in dark pied cuckoo The juvenile Levaillant s cuckoo is brown above rufous on the wing coverts and rectrix tips with a buff forehead face and underparts and the throat more streaked The call is a low ringing kuwu weer kuwu weer and an excited ku wi wi wi Behaviour Edit Clamator levaillantii in a spawn of Turdoide plebejus MHNT Levaillant s cuckoo is a brood parasite and the female lays her eggs in the nest of another species of bird typically the southern pied babbler Turdoides bicolor the bare cheeked babbler Turdoides gymnogenys the Hartlaub s babbler Turdoides hartlaubii or the arrow marked babbler Turdoides jardineii Both the male and female cuckoo fly around acrobatically to distract the host birds The male continues the distraction while the female lays the egg Unlike many other species of cuckoo the newly hatched cuckoo chick does not push the other eggs and nestlings out of the nest It leaves the nest after about ten days and becomes independent in four to six weeks 3 References Edit BirdLife International 2016 Clamator levaillantii IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T22683808A93002559 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T22683808A93002559 en Retrieved 25 September 2021 Beolens Bo Watkins Michael 2003 Whose Bird Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds London Christopher Helm p 205 Clamator levaillantii Levaillant s cuckoo Striped cuckoo Iziko Biodiversity Explorer Retrieved 8 June 2014 Zimmerman Dale 1999 Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania Princeton N J Princeton University Press ISBN 9780691010229 External links EditLevaillant s cuckoo Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Levaillant 27s cuckoo amp oldid 1119606275, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
